Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VII, Number 44, 31 ʻOkakopa 1868 — English Column. [ARTICLE]

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|• - {At»wjoqvr.) —— • " S3y. Doctor, m»r I oot hare:rtm, To (jaeoch ihis buroing thirst withm ? Here on tht§ cor»e<J bed i lie, * A#d c«onot one drop of gin. I a*k oot for health, nor eren l»f»— Life! what i eone ifs be#n «Tmef Pd rvther steep in deepest hell Than driok agaio its m>serT. •* Bo(. Doctor, m*y I not have ram ? Une drop alone is all 1 cra?e. i t»raOl thiammll boon—i ask nomoie-^-Tben I*ll defjr—yes, een lhe grare ; \ Tbeo r wijbout fear, Pll fold mj arms, | And bid the mon?ter strike bis dart, | To ha«ie me from this worid of woe» j And elaim his own—this ruined heart. j " A tbousand curae9 on his head j Who gave me first tbe poisoned bowl, Who taught me 6rst tlns bane to driok,— Drmk—deatb and ruin to niy soul. My sou)! oh, cruel, horrid thought! Full well I know thy certain fhte, With what inslinctiTe horror shrinks The spirit from that awful statei 4 Lost-lost-I know, forever lost! To me no r.»y of hope ean eome; My fale is sealed; mydoom is— ! But give mt rum ; I will huve ruro, | JBut, Doctor, don't you see Kim there ? f In that dark corner, low, he sita ; | See! how he sports his fiery tongue, i And at ine burning brirnstone spits! ,l Uo. chase biin out! Look ! bere he comes! Now, on my bed he wants to slay ; He shan't be there. ()God! O God! Go Vay, I say ! go \vay ! go 'way ! Quick! ehain me fa st, ond tie ine do\vn; | Tbere, now; he clasps me in his arms;! Down—down the window ! close it tight;! Sjy f don't you he;ir my wild alarms? j " Say, don't yoo see this deiuon fierce ? i Does no one hear? Will no one eome ?! Oh, save ine—9ave'me! I willgive— j But, rur.i! 1 must have-will have rum. J » ♦ « * # * * # " Ah! Njpw he's gone ; onee more I'm free: He—thebonsting knaveand liar— He id that he would t:ike me ofT Down to —but there ! my bed's on fire! " Fire ! water ! help! eome, haste—l'll die ; Coine, take me from this burningbcd ! The smoke—l'm choking—ean not cry ; Thern, now—it's catcbing at iny head! But see ! ngain tliat demon'scome ; Look ! there, he peeps through yonder gl»ss ; Mark how bis burning fliish ! How fierce he grins ! what brought him back ? u There stunds his burning eoaeh of fire; Hesmiles, and beckons me to eome. What are those words he's written there ?j k ln hell we'U mver xoant for rum " One loud, one piercing shriek w»s heard ; One yell rang out upon the air; One sound, and one alone, eame forth— The victim's cry of wild despair. " Why longer wait? I'm ripe for hell ; A spirit's sent to bear .ne down. There in the regions of the lost, i sure will wear a fiery crown. Dnmned, i know, with out a hope ! (One momenl more, nndthen I'll eome!)» And thrre I'll qurnch my awful thirst With boiling, burning, fiery nnn." "What fiils the nlms hou?e and jails? What brings yon trembling wretch upon the gallows ? it is drink. And we inight eall upon the tomb tobrenk forth. Ye mouldering victims ! wipe the grave dust crumblirg from your brow; stalk forth in your tattered shro»)ds nnd bonv whiteness to testify aguinst the drink! Come, eoine from the g.illows, you spiritmaddenrd man-sl»yer, give upyour bloody Knife, and stalk forth to testify i ngainst it ! Crawl from the slimy ooze, ye| drowned drunkards, and with su£Tocation's { blue and livid lips speak out ngainst the drink ! Unroll the record of the past, nnd let the Kecording Angel read out the murder indictments written in God's book of remembrance ! aye ! let the past be untolded, and the sbrieks of victims waiiing be borne dowo upon the night blast! Snap your burniog chains, yedenizens of the pit, and eome up sheeted in the fire, dnpping with the flames of hell, and with yourtrampet tongues testify against the damnation ofthe drink." " Tbe right of «elf defence none ean que»tion. lt is a primary law of nature. it lies at tbe *erv of eml governmenl, and is the great object of govermeot. Ali lawsare enacted in selfdefence, to protect the community from existiog or threatened evits. But what evil is greater than the Im6c in intoiicatiag drinks, whieh brings with it such a train of wailing, lamentation, aod wo ! War, famine and peatiience are tTiāes compared with it Let a aOn be brought wounded or slaio from the feeld of batt(e, anditcao beendured; leth»mcome home with tbe ptague ef Smyraa or Egypt, aftd it ean be endured ; let him pine away with bunger »nd die like the snns of Bria", aod it ean be endured; but let him eome from tbe shop of the render. a drivelling drunkard, and curse his father and his motfeer« aod f«U i«ito a drunkard's grare, •od itcan*rf be endured;' " Man*s inhuinanity to man Makrs couotkss thousands uioum,"